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    • House plants that are toxic to cats
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    • Wow- 10 more facts about cats
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    • Can cats and other animals sense and predict earthquakes and other extreme weather events?
  • Training cats
    • Very Clever Cats
    • Test your cat
    • How clever is your cat
    • Cat Behaviour – understanding your cat
    • Brain training for older cats
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    • Which cat breed to choose – cat personalities
    • Cat Breeds from around the world – Asia
    • Cat breeds from around the world – Europe and Russia
    • Cat breeds from around the world – Great Britain
    • Cat breeds around the world – the Middle East and Africa
    • Cat breeds from around the world – North America
    • Abyssinian Cats – all about this beautiful and intelligent breed.
    • Manx cats – a breed with no tail
    • Persian Cats
    • Siberian Cats
    • Turkish Van cat
  • Answers to questions
    • Why do female cats screech after mating and attack the male?
    • Why is my cat aggressive?
    • Do cats have lips?
    • Do cats have arms or legs?
    • Can cats learn a new name?
    • Do white cats make bad mothers?
    • Do cats see in colour?
    • Why does my cat follow me into the bathroom?
    • Dwarfism in cats and dwarf breeds
    • Why are cats called ‘cats’?
    • Do cats have a sixth sense?
    • Cat terminology – what does this mean?
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Wow- 10 more facts about cats

September 21, 2016 November 28, 2018 Charlie ShortTail
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10 more great facts about cats

1. Cats use their lips and nose to sense temperature.

Their bodies have low sensitivity to temperature which is why your cay may sit so close to a fire it may singe its’ fur.

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2. Cats can see in light so dim that scientific instruments struggle to detect it.

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3. Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.

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Ginger babies

4. The world’s largest cat measured 48.5 inches long.

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Not me, but a Maine coon just like me.

5. Owning a cat can reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack by a third.

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6. Female cats are typically right-pawed while male cats are typically left-pawded.

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7. Cats have a longer-term memory than dogs; especially when they learn by actually doing rather than simply seeing.

Basically, cats have a lower social IQ than dogs, but can solve more difficult cognitive problems when they feel like it.

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8. Cats have 1,000 times more data storage than an iPad.

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9. Cats only sweat through their foot pads.

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10.The Egyptian Mau is the oldest breed of cat.

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Charlie says “are gingers the friendliest type of cat?”

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